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Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 2000
121 tornado warnings in 2000. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2000. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 121
- Busiest month
- April36 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- April 3, 200026 tornado warnings
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 12:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 24 min |
| Jan 3, 1:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leflore | 49 min |
| Jan 3, 1:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 28 min |
| Jan 3, 1:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 46 min |
| Jan 3, 1:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Union | 47 min |
| Jan 3, 1:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 36 min |
| Jan 3, 2:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tippah | 50 min |
| Jan 3, 2:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 43 min |
| Jan 3, 2:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 43 min |
| Jan 3, 2:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 25 min |
| Jan 3, 2:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll | 36 min |
| Jan 3, 3:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 27 min |
| Jan 3, 3:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 29 min |
| Jan 3, 3:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 37 min |
| Jan 3, 4:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 47 min |
| Jan 3, 4:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 39 min |
| Jan 3, 5:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton | 30 min |
| Jan 3, 5:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 28 min |
| Jan 3, 6:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake | 31 min |
| Jan 3, 6:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake | 47 min |
| Jan 3, 7:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 51 min |
| Jan 3, 7:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 31 min |
| Jan 3, 8:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington | 27 min |
| Feb 13, 5:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 35 min |
| Feb 13, 6:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 35 min |
| Feb 13, 6:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 23 min |
| Feb 13, 6:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 33 min |
| Feb 17, 5:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 29 min |
| Feb 17, 5:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton, Smith | 29 min |
| Feb 17, 6:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 45 min |
| Feb 18, 3:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 46 min |
| Feb 18, 4:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 32 min |
| Feb 18, 4:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie | 56 min |
| Feb 18, 4:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Grenada | 37 min |
| Feb 18, 4:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Marshall | 66 min |
| Feb 18, 5:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Yalobusha | 33 min |
| Feb 18, 5:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sunflower, Washington | 41 min |
| Feb 18, 5:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Grenada | 34 min |
| Feb 18, 5:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leflore | 45 min |
| Feb 18, 6:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll | 38 min |
| Feb 18, 6:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 45 min |
| Feb 18, 7:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 24 min |
| Feb 18, 8:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 42 min |
| Mar 3, 5:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry | 44 min |
| Mar 11, 4:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | George | 24 min |
| Mar 27, 4:55 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 35 min |
| Mar 29, 12:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 65 min |
| Apr 1, 6:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 37 min |
| Apr 1, 10:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun | 32 min |
| Apr 2, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison, Rankin | 30 min |
| Apr 2, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 26 min |
| Apr 2, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake | 47 min |
| Apr 2, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 47 min |
| Apr 2, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton | 26 min |
| Apr 2, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee, Winston | 40 min |
| Apr 2, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 31 min |
| Apr 2, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 9:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 25 min |
| Apr 2, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 30 min |
| Apr 2, 9:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Smith | 64 min |
| Apr 3, 6:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 6:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 7:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite | 67 min |
| Apr 3, 7:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 8:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike | 60 min |
| Apr 3, 8:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 8:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 49 min |
| Apr 3, 9:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 53 min |
| Apr 3, 9:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 9:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 9:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 10:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones, Smith | 42 min |
| Apr 3, 10:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 11:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 62 min |
| Apr 3, 12:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 23 min |
| Apr 3, 12:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 12:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 23 min |
| Apr 3, 1:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 1:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 46 min |
| Apr 23, 10:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 2:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Stone | 36 min |
| May 27, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Leflore | 45 min |
| May 27, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 29 min |
| May 27, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 26 min |
| Jul 16, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 24 min |
| Jul 20, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 27 min |
| Jul 22, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 48 min |
| Jul 22, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 36 min |
| Jul 22, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 28 min |
| Jul 22, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 28 min |
| Jul 22, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 28 min |
| Jul 22, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Perry | 65 min |
| Jul 22, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 80 min |
| Aug 8, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 31 min |
| Aug 20, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 25 min |
| Sep 1, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 35 min |
| Sep 2, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 32 min |
| Sep 2, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 26 min |
| Nov 6, 2:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 30 min |
| Nov 6, 2:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 30 min |
| Nov 8, 3:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 36 min |
| Nov 8, 3:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 47 min |
| Nov 8, 4:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams | 51 min |
| Nov 8, 4:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Prentiss | 32 min |
| Nov 8, 4:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 37 min |
| Nov 8, 4:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tishomingo | 29 min |
| Nov 8, 4:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 40 min |
| Nov 8, 5:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 27 min |
| Nov 8, 5:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Montgomery | 33 min |
| Nov 8, 5:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 25 min |
| Nov 8, 5:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 33 min |
| Nov 9, 12:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 29 min |
| Nov 9, 12:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar | 32 min |
| Nov 9, 1:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 50 min |
| Nov 24, 8:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 35 min |
| Nov 24, 9:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 34 min |
| Dec 13, 4:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 30 min |
| Dec 16, 10:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clay, Oktibbeha | 25 min |
| Dec 16, 10:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Monroe | 43 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hancock County12
- Harrison County10
- Smith County6
- Yazoo County5
- Leake County5
- Pearl River County5
- Holmes County4
- Hinds County4
- Carroll County4
- Madison County4
- Newton County4
- Sunflower County3
- Leflore County3
- Lawrence County3
- Lincoln County3
- Simpson County3
- Covington County3
- Neshoba County3
- Kemper County3
- Jasper County3
- Oktibbeha County3
- Greene County3
- Walthall County3
- Adams County3
- Warren County2
- Attala County2
- Jones County2
- Rankin County2
- Noxubee County2
- Grenada County2
- Montgomery County2
- Lowndes County2
- Perry County2
- Copiah County2
- Pike County2
- Jefferson Davis County2
- Issaquena County2
- Forrest County2
- Lamar County2
- Lafayette County1
25 more counties
- Union County1
- Tippah County1
- Lauderdale County1
- DeSoto County1
- Bolivar County1
- Tallahatchie County1
- Marshall County1
- Yalobusha County1
- Washington County1
- George County1
- Calhoun County1
- Scott County1
- Winston County1
- Sharkey County1
- Amite County1
- Stone County1
- Jackson County1
- Lee County1
- Prentiss County1
- Alcorn County1
- Tishomingo County1
- Claiborne County1
- Jefferson County1
- Clay County1
- Monroe County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.